Christianity is supposed to be the new testament, like what Jesus preached. he was against all the old ways that are in the old testament except the ten commandments. he went so far to offend the old ways, they had him killed.
I’ve seen some christians use Matthew 5 as a “Jesus came to add to what’s in the old testament”
17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
The New Testament literally makes no sense without the Old Testament.
It directly cites and makes allusions to the Old Testament all the time… and a fair number of times it actually cites or references a mistranslation of the Old Testament.
For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished!
Where ‘the Law’ is ‘the Torah’, ie, the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament.
Jesus does not at any point distinctly state that only the Ten Commandments are valid, the rest are to be disregardrd… that just doesn’t exist in the Gospels.
Also, Jesus got killed because he essentially started a riot in the outer area of the Temple, flipping over tables of money changers, fashioning a whip and attacking them.
Today we’d call that ‘terroristic threats’ or something like that.
So any time a church outright asks you for money, within its grounds, remember that the answer to WWJD? is to physically assault and mock such people for defiling the sanctity of an ostensibly holy place.
Christianity is supposed to be the new testament, like what Jesus preached. he was against all the old ways that are in the old testament except the ten commandments. he went so far to offend the old ways, they had him killed.
Romans 1:26-27 is not better.
I’ve seen some christians use Matthew 5 as a “Jesus came to add to what’s in the old testament”
The New Testament literally makes no sense without the Old Testament.
It directly cites and makes allusions to the Old Testament all the time… and a fair number of times it actually cites or references a mistranslation of the Old Testament.
https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Matthew 5%3A18
Jesus himself says:
Where ‘the Law’ is ‘the Torah’, ie, the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament.
Jesus does not at any point distinctly state that only the Ten Commandments are valid, the rest are to be disregardrd… that just doesn’t exist in the Gospels.
Also, Jesus got killed because he essentially started a riot in the outer area of the Temple, flipping over tables of money changers, fashioning a whip and attacking them.
Today we’d call that ‘terroristic threats’ or something like that.
So any time a church outright asks you for money, within its grounds, remember that the answer to WWJD? is to physically assault and mock such people for defiling the sanctity of an ostensibly holy place.